Cabinet decides no more talks with GMOA on SAITM

Mahinda says Lanka not a threat to India

Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa says Sri Lanka will?never pose a threat to India, and that it has?nothing to gain by helping any other country to become a threat to India. In an interview to?Rediff.com?the former President said that?Sri Lanka has always had close relations with China from the early 1950s onwards and that India’s concern about Sri Lanka’s relations with China is a new phenomenon which has come about in the past few years in the context of the rivalry between India and China a

05 Jul, 2015

Construction of Matara – Hambantota expressway launched

Construction work on the Southern expressway linking Matara and Hambantota, was launched today by President Maithripala Sirisena. President Sirisena unveiled a plaque at the site where construction will begin, in the presence of Government Ministers and the Chinese Ambassador to Sri Lanka?Yi Xianliang. The expressway will be linked to the existing southern expressway which connects Colombo and Matara via the southern Galle town. The existing Galle to Matara extension costing US$ 180 million w

04 Jul, 2015

UNP raises suspicions on Susil Premjayantha

The United National Party (UNP) today raised suspicions on United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) General Secretary?Susil Premjayantha. Former UNP Parliamentarian Dr. Harsha de Silva said that questions have been raised with regards to a meeting held at his residence with UPFA members. He said that despite the denials, it seemed clear that a secret meeting did take place at?Premjayantha’s residence on Thursday night. Television footage also showed several prominent UPFA members leaving ?Prem

04 Jul, 2015